Megabyte vs Mebibyte (was Re: Language and English) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

4 Jan 2002

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  -----Original Message-----
 From: Eric Chomko [mailto:vze2wsvr@verizon.net] 
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   It's
especially egregious, because even IBM, who use   1024000 for Megabyte
  for disks, uses 1048576 for memory.  Thus, an IBM
megabyte   of disk storage
 > will not hold the content of an IBM megabyte of memory! 
...
  Seems like you have lots of energy on this Fred.  1000
 1K 
 blocks. Is that a
 reason
 to fly off the handle? 
Well, you're right that he's probably a little too sensitive on this, but it 
is a stupid way to count a megabyte -- not even self-consistent. :)

Personally I prefer the 1024*1024 method.  It makes the most sense to me.

Regards,

Chris

Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
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